Churches firebombed as Muslims demand further apology

Muslim leaders in the Middle East today demanded further apologies from Pope Benedict XVI for controversial remarks about Islam, as attacks on Christian churches continued in the West Bank.

Muslim leaders in the Middle East today demanded further apologies from Pope Benedict XVI for controversial remarks about Islam, as attacks on Christian churches continued in the West Bank.

Mahmoud Ashour, the former deputy of Cairo’s Al-Azhar, the Sunni Arab world’s most powerful institution, said the Pope’s apology was not enough.

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